I don’t mind admitting I’m a Castle fan. Okay, I may have watched the first episode because ithad Nathan Fillion in it – but I just clicked with the show. I think it’s balanced perfectly. It’s really easy watching and often my first choice of record TV when I get back home after one of […]
TV show news, trailers and reviews
Welcome to Geek Native's TV section, your guide to the best of the small screen. From epic fantasy series and sci-fi sagas to the latest superhero shows, we cover the television that fuels our geek passions. This is your hub for news, reviews, and a whole host of trailers to keep you ready for the next big premiere.
Our TV coverage has a special focus on Anime, with a dedicated section for the latest news and reviews from Japan. We also explore the ever-growing world of Online Shows, including the popular 'Actual Play' series where tabletop adventures come to life on screen. Whatever you're watching, you'll find it discussed here.
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome moving to TV
SyFy have already given the thumbs up to a web series of Blood and Chrome which features a young William “Husker” Adama. Now the channel as agreed to the production of a two hour pilot for TV. Blood & Chrome takes place in the 10th year of first Cylon war. Adama is barely in his […]
Star Wars ad for Currys and PC World: R2-D2 and original C-3PO
If, like this geek, you watch British TV then you may have seen the new Currys and PC World ad that features the always cute R2-D2 and C-3PO. If C-3PO sounds an awful lot like the “original” C-3PO then that’s because it is. It’s Anthony Daniels doing the voice. The ad features a website called […]
Locke & Key TV series in the works
Okay, this is an old rumour but it’s still worth a special mention as it involves some very interesting people. Locke & Key is a graphic novel from Gabriel Rodriguez and Joe Hill. If you’ve just said “wait a minute… I know the name Joe Hill” and are trying to remember where you know it […]
Death of the Doctor pictures
The episode The Sarah Jane Adventures called “Death of the Doctor” is controversial. In it they seem to suggest the Doctor can regenerate as many times as he wants – rather than just 12 times which had been suggested before. Yes, also, there are canon examples of Timelords being given fresh regeneration cycles. BBC Pictures […]
Hollow mask makeup
Would other Bleach fans agree with me when I suggest this is Hollow inspired makeup? Yeah, sure, we can start to debate if half-a-mask counts as something else but in terms of inspiration – this is Bleach tribute? Or is there another series I need to track down and start watching?
Smashy! Boom! Nitroglycerine meets hammer!
What happens when you smash a hammer down on a small puddle of Nitroglycerine? Okay. Imagine then that you’ve a slow motion camera filming the explosion too. What would that explosion look like if you slow things down by a factor of 100, 200 or even 600? The truth is that liquid nitroglycerine transforms into […]
Banksy does the Simpsons: MoneyBart
“This is what you get when you outsource”, jokes The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean. He’s talking about The Simpson’s title created by the British graffiti artist Banksy. The sequence shows a dark vision of a 20th Century Fox production line as it malefactors Simspons merchandise. In reality the bulk of the animation is outsourced […]
Watch before it’s YouTube Yanked: English Dub Iron Man anime
The Madhouse production of an anime version of Iron Man has been long teased. We’ve seen snippets and trailers. Now we’ve got the whole first episode, in two parts, available on YouTube. You’ve got to figure that these two vids will be yanked under YouTube’s Claim Your Content policy fairly quickly. So? Watch them now […]
New Dirk Gently’s Holistic Dectective Agency series coming
The BBC will be showing a new Dirk Gently Holistic Dectective Agency series. It’ll show on BBC Four. Fans of Fisfits, Vexed and Merlin will be interested to know that Howard Overman, who writes for all three, is responsible for the adaptation of the famous Douglas Adams’ novel. Dirk Gently will be played by Stephen […]
